Word: earned
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...Every manager receives a modest salary," Meyer said. "The [five highest paid managers] earn that much compensation because they have added tremendous value for Harvard...
...index of stocks goes up 20 percent, the manager's goes up 20 percent, but he receives no bonus. He would earn only if he outperforms the benchmark," Meyer said...
Fine. But for the judiciary to earn--and sustain--that pre-eminence, it needs to exercise restraint. After all, it has no power of its own. Unlike the legislature, it can raise no revenues. Unlike the executive, it commands no police forces. Its power rests entirely on people's belief in its legitimate authority. But that belief can--and should--be forfeited when courts do what the Florida Supreme Court has done: wantonly usurp their two coequal branches, denying both the plain language of a law and the plain authority of the official elected to administer that...
...last bout, on the Mike Tyson undercard in October, he devastated his opponent with rapid-fire reflexes and a withering overhand left. He fights next in January; and before he gets too heavy for his weight class, he hopes to unify the junior welterweight title--something that might earn him a spot on Gleason's wall of fame, beside Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran and a fighter known better for his acting chops, Tony Danza...
...showing that boys come to school less prepared than girls, do less homework and get suspended more often. "For males, there's no social currency in being a straight-A student," says Clifford Thornton, associate dean of admissions at Wesleyan University. Although the latest figures show that college graduates earn, on average, almost double the wages of those with no college, "there's a sense among many boys that it's sissy to go to college," says sociologist and author Michael Kimmel. "The thinking is, 'I can get a job without...